Make a one liner installer for grid-intensity CLI

[rossf7]

We can use GoReleaser to generate binaries for several platforms. It is triggered via a GitHub Action.

To create a new release you just push a tag with the new version.

Curl script

We will create a YOLO script to install the CLI via curl (with a recommendation to check the contents of the script ;)

Docker

For users who don't want to install the CLI binary locally they can run it via docker

GoReleaser supports publishing container image but Docker also have 2 actions that work well and I've used in the past.
They are triggered when a new GitHub release is created.

https://github.com/docker/build-push-action
https://github.com/docker/metadata-action

MacOS

For homebrew GoReleaser can publish the CLI to a tap.
https://goreleaser.com/customization/homebrew/

We will also need to create a repo to host the binaries. e.g. https://github.com/thegreenwebfoundation/homebrew-grid-intensity
With this we can install with brew install grid-intensity/tap/grid-intensity

Apt package

GoReleaser Pro supports publishing apt and yum packages https://goreleaser.com/customization/fury/
It does this by publishing to GemFury https://fury.co/

TODO @rossf7 Get pricing for publishing with GoReleaser Pro and GemFury

[mrchrisadams]

Awesome, thanks for this @rossf7:

We will also need to create a repo to host the binaries. e.g. https://github.com/thegreenwebfoundation/homebrew-grid-intensity

Would you let me know if you need the permissions to create this repo? If not, I can create a totally blank repo and add you as an admin.

[rossf7]

Thanks @mrchrisadams I just checked and I can't create repos. If you can create a blank repo and make me admin I can take it from there.

[mrchrisadams]

OK, @rossf7 - you're admin on https://github.com/thegreenwebfoundation/homebrew-grid-intensity 👍

[rossf7]

We now have binaries for Linux, Mac and Windows plus Homebrew support and the one liner install script